A million is a huge number - can you count in millions when speaking Spanish?

Math - Counting in the Millions

In this Spanish Medium Review quiz you will be reviewing how to count in the millions. To get to this point, you first learned how to count to 100. Next, you learned how to count in the hundreds. Finally, you learned how to count in the thousands. As we all know, numbers are infinite which means they go on forever. However, for you it is time to learn how to count into the millions in Spanish! Wow, even that is a lot of numbers.

Think about this for a moment. By the end of this quiz, if you were to have just studied the Spanish numbers, you can say millions of words in Spanish. Gosh! You’re almost fluent in Spanish! Okay, well not really. But you will almost be fluent in being able to count in this new language! That has to count for something don’t you think? Good for you!

QUICK OVERVIEW

As you may recall with the hundreds, beginning with number 101, cien became cientos. In addition the 'y' is never used immediately after cientos. To say 600 in Spanish you would say seiscientos. There was no separation between the number of hundreds. When you got to the thousands a separation was added between the number and the thousands. However, as with cientos, with mil a 'y' is never used immediately after it. However, to say 6,000 the number is separated from mil so that 6,000 became seis mil. To say one thousand you simply say mil. You do not use the number 1 before it.

THE MILLIONS

Now we are moving on to the millions. A million in Spanish is the word 'millón'. Note that when saying a hundred you simply say cien and when you say a thousand you simply say mil but when you say a million you always need to say 'un millón'. (You won’t get to count in the billions in this Spanish Medium Review series but if you did, it has the same rules as the millions. In other words, to say a billion you would say un billón. The un must always be used with billón.) Please make note of the accent mark in each of these numbers vocabulary words.

When you have more than one million (or one billion), millón (billón) must be made plural. Following the rules of making a word plural, if an accent mark appears in the last syllable it is dropped when the word is made plural. Therefore, millón becomes millones (billones). Five million is then said as 'cinco millones' in Spanish. All the other rules that apply to numbers in the ones, hundred and thousand apply in the millions (and billions). So, now let’s see how much of this you understand.

As in the quiz on Counting in the Thousands, you will be given 5 numbers stated in English and you must find the right Spanish number to match them. Next, you will be shown 5 Spanish numbers and you will need to match them with the correct English number. You must always pay close attention to spelling, the order of the numbers and the rules that apply. So, if you think you are ready, then let’s start counting in the millions!

Did you know...

You can play all the teacher-written quizzes on our site for just £9.95 per month. Click the button to sign up or read more.

In the first answer the number 6 has been misspelled. In the second answer the number uno has been placed before ciento. This is not the proper way to say 100. Only ciento is needed. The third answer as put a 'y' between 100 and 84. This is not done in Spanish. The Spanish number for 4,316,184 is cuatro millones trescientos diez y seis mil ciento ochenta y cuatro.

2.

What is the number 7,602,312 in Spanish?

siete millones seiscientos dos mil trescientos diez y dos

siete millones seiscientos y dos mil trescientos doce

siete millons seiscientos dos mil trescientos doce

siete millones seiscientos dos mil trescientos doce

The first answer has the wrong form for the number 12. It should be doce and not diez y dos. The second answer has placed a 'y' after 600. This is never done in Spanish. The third answer has misspelled millons. In Spanish it is millones. The Spanish number for 7,602,312 is siete millones seiscientos dos mil trescientos doce.

3.

What is the number 18,515,400 in Spanish?

diezocho millones quinientos quince mil cuatrocientos

diez y ocho millones quinientos quince mil cuatrocientos

diez y ocho millones cincocientos quince mil cuatrocientos

diez y ocho millones quinientos quince mil cuatro cientos

The first answer has incorrectly written the number for 18. It can be written either as diez y ocho or dieciocho. The third answer has not used the correct word for 500. The last answer has improperly shown 400 as cuatro cientos. There should be no space between the two words. The Spanish number for 18,515,400 is diez y ocho millones quinientos quince mil cuatrocientos.

The first answer has wrongly started the number with 70 rather than 60. The third answer has used the wrong form for the number 900. The last answer has misspelled the number 20. The Spanish number for 66,933,222 is sesenta y seis millones novecientos treinta y tres mil doscientos veinte y dos.

The second answer has misspelled the word milliones. It should be millones. The third answer has misspelled the word for 400 in both places. The last answer has used the word quince which is 15 instead of the number cinco for 5. The Spanish number for 421,714,425 is cuatrocientos veinte y uno millones setecientos catorce mil cuatrocientos veinte y cinco.